Joaquin Phoenix

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q185140: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Doctor Strange (2016); Joker (2019); Marvel casting. Count them as actor (15 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Martin Scorsese: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Joker (2019), which they were tied to as actor (in talks to play the Joker): Martin Scorsese ⇒ Joker (the host's read). Miles imagines Joker as a Scorsese pastiche that may not work.
    “it's like a Scorsese Pestiche that just kind of doesn't work”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:10:08 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)

Studs Terkel: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Studs Terkel ⇒ Joaquin Phoenix (the maker said so: Mike Mills interview on the episode). Mills introduced Phoenix to Studs Terkel to build the radio-journalist character.
    “introducing Joaquin to Studs Triple.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 1:13:58 · Mike Mills (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (24) everyone in acting

Other (4) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Joaquin Phoenix → Joker. The Joker appealed because it was pitched as a Scorsese-style film he could work in, unlike green screen.
    “The Joker thing for him is totally the fact that they sold it to him as, we're going to shoot it like a Scorsett.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:24:45 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): Joaquin Phoenix → Come On, Come On. Phoenix plays a nice, imperfect guy, the inverse of his damaged-masculinity roles in Joker and The Master.
    “what Phoenix brings to it is almost the exact inverse of what we know him for, from the Joker and from the master”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:33:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Joaquin Phoenix → Benedict Cumberbatch. Cumberbatch is a classically trained actor who can make pretend feel real; Phoenix is an autodidact who cannot.
    “classically trained theater actor who is like, I can make pretend things feel real.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:24:22 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (5)

  1. craft (craft): Joaquin Phoenix → Gladiator. Chris likes Phoenix's Gladiator performance.
    “I'll say, I really appreciated his performance in Gladiator.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:05:43 · Chris Gethard (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Joaquin Phoenix → 8mm. Phoenix gives a really good performance in a bad movie.
    “Oh, Joaquin Phoenix an 8 millimeter, by the way.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:06:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Fred Hechinger and Joseph Quinn → Joaquin Phoenix. The twin emperors play late-period Joaquin mannered, crazy Joker-style villainy.
    “these guys are doing late period Joaquin, you know, like they're doing the more like mannered, like crazy Joker shit”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:43:00 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Joaquin Phoenix → Come On, Come On. Phoenix surprised Mills with how good he was at doing the interviews.
    “I was surprised at how deeply Joaquin got into it and how good he was at it.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 1:17:03 · Mike Mills (0.90 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): Tom Hardy → Joaquin Phoenix. Like Hardy jumping into the lobster tank, Phoenix likes surprises in front of him that a green-screen movie cannot give.
    “much like Tom Hardy jumping in the lobster tank”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:25:12 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Joaquin Phoenix → Studs Terkel. Mills introduced Phoenix to Studs Terkel to build the radio-journalist character.
    “introducing Joaquin to Studs Triple.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 1:13:58 · Mike Mills (0.90 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Joker → Joaquin Phoenix. Phoenix is the frontrunner for Joker, though the speaker does not care about the movie.
    “I really don't care about the movie, but that's my guy.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:46:47 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

  1. what-if (what-if): Joaquin Phoenix → Joker. Breaking news that Phoenix is in talks to play the Joker in Todd Phillips's standalone film.
    “guess who's in talks to play the Joker in Todd Phillips's standalone Joker movie?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:03:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Joaquin Phoenix → Doctor Strange. Feige wanted Joaquin Phoenix to play Strange.
    “Oh, and he wanted Joaquin to be strange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:20:59 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Joaquin Phoenix → The Avengers. Phoenix was the first choice for Bruce Banner when Marvel recast; Ruffalo was a surprise.
    “And he also was the 1st person they were trying really hard to get for Bruce Banner for Avengers when they knew they were recasting.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:21:19 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Mark Ruffalo → Joaquin Phoenix. Ruffalo and Phoenix were the short list to replace Norton; Feige keeps courting Phoenix (Doctor Strange too) and Phoenix only did Joker because it was twisted.
    “Kevin Feige is always trying to get Joaquin Phoenix to do one of these movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:25:35 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Joaquin Phoenix: Same Stella McCartney suit all award season.
    “wearing the same Stella McCartney suit throughout award season.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:47:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Joaquin Phoenix: Feige's white whale is getting Joaquin Phoenix into a Marvel movie; Phoenix says he doesn't know how to work in this process.
    “has been trying to get Joaquin Phoenix to commit to one of these movies since the beginning”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:20:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)